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Contact Details

Email
patricia.whitfield@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Department of Medicine (Wellington)
Research summary
Endocrinology; diabetes

Research

I am a Research Fellow at thw University of Otago, as well as an Endocrinologist at Wellington Hospital. I have been awarded an HRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship to undertake a PhD assessing ethnic differences in glucose metabolism amongst New Zealanders. I am about to embark on a clinical trial assessing the impact of a dietary weight loss intervention on glucose metabolism in New Zealanders with pre-diabetes, of different ethnicity and body composition (the PROGRESS NZ Study).

Publications

Wang, Q., McCormick, S., Leask, M. P., Watson, H., O'Sullivan, C., Krebs, J. D., Hall, R., Whitfield, P., Merry, T. L., Murphy, R., & Shepherd, P. R. (2024). A Polynesian-specific SLC22A3 variant associates with low plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations independent of apo(a) isoform size in men [Brief report]. Bioscience Reports, 44(7), BSR20240403. doi: 10.1042/BSR20240403 Journal - Research Article

Whitfield, P. L., Hall, R. M., Théaude, L., Sixtus, R. P., Kanaan, R., Holley, A. S., … Weatherall, M., … Krebs, J. D. (2024). A very-low-calorie diet (VLCD) intervention for the management of prediabetes and early Type 2 diabetes mellitus in a multi-ethnic cohort in Aotearoa New Zealand: The PROGRESS NZ feasibility study. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 33(2), 200-212. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.202406_33(2).0007 Journal - Research Article

Carroll, R. W., Corley, B., Feltham, J., Whitfield, P., Park, W., Howard, R., Yssel, M., Phillips, I., Harper, S., & Yang, J. (2024). The value of plasma metanephrine measurements during adrenal vein sampling. Endocrine Connections, 13, e230300. doi: 10.1530/ec-23-0300 Journal - Research Article

Carroll, R., Nicholls, R., Carroll, R. J., Bullock, J., Reid, D., Shields, J., ..., Whitfield, P., & Veale, J. (2023). Primary care gender affirming hormone therapy initiation guidelines: Aotearoa New Zealand guidelines for commencing GAHT for adults in primary care. 58p. PATHA. Retrieved from https://patha.nz Other Research Output

Park, W., Whitfield, P., Corley, B., Harper, S., Feltham, J., & Carroll, R. (2023). Increasing rates of referrals for investigation of primary aldosteronism at a tertiary centre. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1585), 73-84. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

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